Good People Delight Him

In this ever-changing world we live in, it’s difficult to stay the same. It’s almost impossible to stick with the same ideologies and lifestyles of the past, because better ones appear to crop up each day. But some principles haven’t changed; they’ve been built upon, but the foundations remain the same.

‘Smart” is the thing to be now, whether watch, phone or person. “Work smart,” it’s said, “not hard”. “Don’t give good excuses, get things done”. While this is great motivation, it should be taken with care because in the end it’s not just what you do that matters, but how you do it.

Many times we sacrifice our good principles on the altar of ‘necessity’, and slay our consciences for the ‘greater good’. We do bad things to look good. But to whom does it matter how you look?

There’s a phrase, “Do it if you can live with it”. This encourages people to do stuff if they can endure the associated guilt. But does that make it right? People who live with cancer or diabetes can confirm that being able to live with something doesn’t necessarily make it a good thing, or even an okay thing.

More so, God has standards, and they never change. Our understanding of who He is, and our relationship with Him improve, but He stays the same. He is perfect!

So each time we cut corners and break His principles, expecting a pat on the back when we come back to Him with pockets full of wages, He remains unflustered; He cannot be bought over.

God hates evil, but He loves the righteous, people who keep doing good.

He never takes His eyes off the righteous; He honors them lavishly, promotes them endlessly.¹

If doing good was easy, everyone would be doing it. In that situation where you find yourself, doing the right thing may look counterintuitive, stupid, or even unprofessional; but doing good is always the right thing, and God loves it.

The LORD directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.² [and He busies Himself with his every step]³.

God knows how to help people, especially those who make Him happy. And He loves being happy!

People who do what is right may have many problems, but the Lord will solve them all⁴.

It’s an amazing sight: God in action on behalf of those He’s delighted in!

People will definitely try to hurt you for being good, but God is over and above all. He will help you.

When the righteous see God in action they'll laugh, they'll sing, they'll laugh and sing for joy⁵.

¹ Job 36:7

² Ps 37:23

³ AMP

⁴ Ps 34:19

⁵ Ps 68:3